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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Dutch Yandex subsidiary helping Russia with facial recognition software  NL Times Source link

Oct 6 (Reuters) – Facial recognition returned to the latest Google Pixel phones on Thursday after a short hiatus due to challenges on cost and performance, according to three former employees at the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit knowledgeable about the efforts. The feature on the new Pixel 7 is not as good Apple Inc’s Face ID unlocking mechanism, as it can struggle in low light and is more vulnerable to being spoofed. In addition, Google has said it is not secure enough to enable signing into… Source link

Google Assistant will soon recognise your voice as the company is working on a personalised speech recognition feature. According to 9to5Google, the tool will help Google Assistant get “better at recognising your frequent words and names.” The “Personalised speech recognition” feature will appear in Google Assistant settings. The feature description reads: “Store audio recordings on this device to help Google… Source link

Growing up, vegan restaurateur Pinky Cole prides herself on being the change she wished to see, using that determination to eventually build Slutty Vegan, a popular food chain. The plant-based eatery opened its first location in October of 2018, and now has locations across Georgia — including two in Atlanta and one each in Jonesboro and Duluth. With vegan eating now a “worldwide phenomenon,” Cole said Slutty Vegan has been able to attract “lines down the block for the last four years,” en… Source link

In a set of new lawsuits, two Illinois residents argue that three tech giants violated state laws prohibiting the use of personal biometric data without permission. Illinois residents Steven Vance and Tim Janecyk allege that images of their faces appeared in IBM’s “Diversity in Faces” database without their consent and were used to train facial recognition systems at Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s parent company Alphabet. While all three companies are based on the West Coast,… Source link